American Pie Chords

[Verse 1]
  G     D    Em7
A long, long time ago,
Am            C               Em                    D
I can still remember how that music used to make me smile
    G      D    Em7
And I know if I had my chance,
     Am                 C                Em              C           D
That I could make those people dance and maybe they'd be happy for a while
    Em       Am                   Em          Am
But February made me shiver, with every paper I'd deliver
C        G      Am          C                      D
Bad news on the doorstep, I couldn't take one more step
  G          D        Em           Am7            D
I can't remember if I cried when I read about his widowed bride
G         D          Em
Something touched me deep inside
    C       D7    G   C   G
The day the music died
 
[Chorus]
        D       G    C        G        D
We were singin' bye, bye Miss American Pie
         G            C             G         D
Drove my Chevy to the levee but the levee was dry
         G        C                  G           D
And them good old boys were drinkin' whiskey and rye
        Em                          A7   Em                          D7
Singin' this will be the day that I die, this will be the day that I die
 
[Verse 2]
G                 Am
Did you write the book of love
       C                 Am        Em            D
And do you have faith in God above, if the Bible tells you so?
G      D          Em
Do you believe in rock and roll
    Am7             C              Em                A7                D
Can music save your mortal soul and can you teach me how to dance real slow?
       Em                  D                   Em               D
Well I know that you're in love with him 'cuz I saw you dancin' in the gym
    C           G        Am7          C                    D7
You both kicked off your shoes, man I dig those rhythm and blues
        G      D       Em                   Am                   C
I was a lonely teenage broncin' buck with a pink carnation and a pickup truck
    G      D     Em              C       D7    G  C  G            D
But I knew I was out of luck the day the music died,  and we were singin'
 
[Chorus]
G    C        G        D
Bye, bye Miss American Pie
         G            C             G         D
Drove my Chevy to the levee but the levee was dry
         G        C                  G           D
And them good old boys were drinkin' whiskey and rye
        Em                          A7   Em                          D7
Singin' this will be the day that I die, this will be the day that I die
 
[Verse 3]
  G     D        Em
I met a girl who sang the blues
      Am                 C               Em                          D
And I asked her for some happy news, but she just smiled and turned away
  G         D      Em
I went down to the sacred store
          Am              C                     Em                 C
Where I'd heard the music years before, but the man there said the music
         D
wouldn't play
 
    Em                 Am                     Em                   Am
But in the streets the children screamed, the lovers cried and the poets dreamed
    C     G        Am          C                     D
But not a word was spoken, the church bells all were broken
        G         D   Em             Am7     C            D7
And the three men I admire most, the Father, Son, and the Holy Ghost
G               D          Em                Am7     D7     G   C/G   G
They caught the last train for the coast the day the music died
        D
We were singin'
 
[Chorus]
G    C        G        D
Bye, bye Miss American Pie
         G            C             G         D
Drove my Chevy to the levee but the levee was dry
         G        C                  G           D
And them good old boys were drinkin' whiskey and rye
        Em                          A7   Em                          D7
Singin' this will be the day that I die, this will be the day that I die
 
and he was singin'
 
G    C        G        D
Bye, bye Miss American Pie
         G            C             G         D
Drove my Chevy to the levee but the levee was dry
     G        C                  G           D
them good old boys were drinkin' whiskey and rye
        C                D7         G   C  G
Singin' this will be the day that I die
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